Chapter 948
The rain was so heavy that people couldn't open their eyes, everyone's eyes were squinted, and although the soldiers were wearing hats, they didn't work, and their clothes were soaked.
This is a big winter, although it is not as cold as the north, it is still bitterly cold, so cold that people's teeth are shivering, and everyone's face is blue.
One by one, the big ships entered the sea, and ten big ships went side by side, each of which was connected.
In the back, there are also ten ships connected by iron cables.
In the misty sea, the first ship could not see the stern of the second ship behind at all, and if such measures were not taken, the ships behind would definitely not be able to keep up with the ships in front and thus lose their way.
In such weather, once contact is lost at sea and there is no means of communication, it will be very difficult to find it again.
The golden python pointed out the direction for Xiao'er, and Xiao'er personally adjusted the area of the sail to control the direction of the ship.
Shangguan Xuanyi's whole body blocked behind Xiao'er, shielding her from the wind and rain and working hard with her.
Xiao'er operated the rudder stick with her hand, and Shangguan Xuanyi controlled the sail angle of the mast suspended from the vertical hull with one hand to propel the ship forward.
The soldiers were pressing the strings, that is, which side the ship was going, and they ran to the other side, trying to keep the big ship balanced on the sea, so as not to capsize by accident.
These are all navy, they are usually trained at sea, and they don't need to be taught by Xiao'er what to do.
The waves were very strong, the hull shook so badly that the whole ship almost capsized several times, but everyone was experienced, and they didn't panic, and they did what they wanted.
As long as the direction is good, how the ship will move in the wind and rain is not a problem for them at all.
General Di and Zhao Youwei looked at Xiao'er's petite figure, so firm in the icy wind and cold rain, and their hearts became more and more admired.
"In this world, there are few women with such a strong temperament as the princess. General Di praised from the bottom of his heart.
"It's one of a kind. Zhao Youwei's eyes couldn't take his eyes off Xiao'er's body at all, although at this moment her hair was soaked with rain, sticking to her face, and her lips were purple from the cold, but Zhao Youwei also felt very beautiful, more beautiful than any woman he had ever seen in this world, so beautiful that people couldn't take their eyes off it.
He has always felt that what is more beautiful than her appearance in this world is her temperament, and she has a stunning face and a good temperament, so no one can compare.
The ship has been struggling to move forward in the drift.
Under normal sunny conditions, the ship can be reached in about a few days.
But this bad weather made it more difficult for the ship to sail.
It was dark and white, white and black, and they still hadn't arrived.
There is still a lot of looming ahead.
In order to fight against the wind and waves, everyone has hardly eaten well in the past few days, even if they take turns to eat, but everyone can't eat well, after a few days, suddenly feel hungry, tendons and skin, but the destination still does not know how far away, some soldiers can't help but say: "Will you go in the wrong direction? Why hasn't it been so long?"
"No, don't you see that King Rui and the princess are not in a hurry at all? ”
"But our ship has been out to sea for a long time!"
"It's not a long time, it usually takes a few days to reach Wanli Shitang, but now the wind and waves are so strong and the boat is so difficult to control, isn't it normal that it hasn't arrived yet?" someone comforted.
"Yes, we are tired and hungry to think that the ship has been sailing for a long time. ”
Xiao'er also knew that the soldiers were tired and hungry, and sometimes the soldiers were not afraid of hunger or tiredness, they were afraid that they would not see hope, so Xiao'er heard their discussion and comforted them loudly: "Everyone, we will be able to reach Wanli Shitang in half an hour! We have never gone in the wrong direction, so you don't have to worry." ”
In the case of exhaustion, half an hour is actually a long time, but when the soldiers heard this, their fighting spirit returned, and after such a long time, such a strong wind and waves did not capsize, but there was only half an hour left, and they did not fight! So they said loudly to their comrades on the boat behind: "Brothers, hold on, there is still half an hour to dock!"
The soldiers of each ship shouted to the soldiers of the next ship, so that the news spread soon that the ship would be able to dock in an hour!
Seeing that the morale of the soldiers was boosted again, Xiao'er took a deep breath and continued: "Brothers, pay attention, we are about to enter the sea area of Wanli Stone Pond, this is the source of the earthquake, there may be unknown dangers waiting for us, there may be a huge whirlpool, everyone must wake up the spirit, follow the ship in front of you, and pass this last level!"
The closer they get to the Wanli Stone Pond, the more dangerous it is, in fact, they are only two nautical miles away from the Wanli Stone Pond, and the reason why Xiao'er will say that they can only land after half an hour is because of the movement of the earth's crust, the Wanli Stone Pond has expanded several times at once, and the sea water will be filled wildly because of the void left by the movement of the earth's crust, so that some whirlpools will be formed, which will be a great obstacle and danger to the boat.
If there was only one ship, Xiao'er could easily dodge, but they were hundreds of ships, and it was impossible to dodge them all, so they could only rely on themselves to see the opportunity.
A quarter of an hour later, Xiao'er faintly saw a dark shadow not far away: "It's here! Stop, the boats in the first row, untie the iron cables, and slowly go over and dock one by one! Be careful not to hit the rock!"
Xiao'er asked again where the golden python had a reef, and then reminded everyone to pay attention.
The soldiers on the first row of boats also saw the Wanli Stone Pond, this Wanli Stone Pond was much bigger than what they had seen before, because when they saw the target, everyone was even more excited, and they all wanted to jump into the sea and swim directly over.
"It's here, it's really here! I didn't take the wrong path at all, I arrived all at once!"
"No, it's amazing! I thought it was a boat floating in the sea just now!"
"You are stupid, do you think that King Rui and the princess are stupid, will they take us around?" one of the generals listened to them and scolded them.
If the lives of 100,000 soldiers are not completely certain, who would dare to take them to sea to die!
The soldiers on the ship hurriedly began to untie the iron cables, and Xiao'er led the first ship to the shore.
Immediately after that, one by one, the ships followed the trajectory of Xiao'er's ship and slowly docked.
Each time a boat approached, side by side, the soldiers immediately tied the two boats together with iron cables.
After more than an hour, all the ships successfully docked, except for one or two ships that were swept into the whirlpool, and there were no major accidents.
All the 100,000 soldiers reported their numbers, and not one of them was missing, and then the island resounded with cheers that changed color.